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|image= Beige Planet Mars.jpg | |image = Beige Planet Mars.jpg | ||
|series= [[Virgin | |series = [[Virgin New Adventures]] | ||
|range = Virgin New Adventures | |range = Virgin New Adventures | ||
|number in range = 77 | |number in range = 77 | ||
|number= | |number = 77 | ||
|main character= [[Bernice Summerfield]] | |main character = [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] | ||
|featuring= [[Jason Kane]] | |featuring = [[Jason Kane|Jason]], [[Megali Scoblow|Scoblow]], [[Saldaamir]] | ||
|enemy= | |enemy = [[Phillip York|Phillip]] and [[Christina York|Christina]] | ||
|setting= [[Mars]], [[2595]] | |setting = [[Mars]], [[2595]] | ||
|writer= [[Lance Parkin]] and [[Mark Clapham]] | |writer = [[Lance Parkin]] and [[Mark Clapham]] | ||
|cover= [[Mark Salwowski]] | |cover = [[Mark Salwowski]] | ||
|publisher= Virgin Books | |publisher = Virgin Books | ||
|release date= [[15 October (releases)|15 October]] [[1998 (releases)|1998]] | |release date = [[15 October (releases)|15 October]] [[1998 (releases)|1998]] | ||
|format= Paperback Book, 242 Pages | |format = Paperback Book, 242 Pages | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20529-4 | |isbn = ISBN 0-426-20529-4 | ||
|prev= Another Girl, Another Planet (novel) | |prev = Another Girl, Another Planet (novel) | ||
|next= Where Angels Fear (novel) | |next = Where Angels Fear (novel) | ||
}}{{prose stub}} | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
'''''Beige Planet Mars''''' was the sixteenth [[Virgin | '''''Beige Planet Mars''''' was the sixteenth [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel. It featured [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[Jason Kane]]. This was the first novel to feature excerpts of Jason's [[xenopornography]] [[literature]] based on his experiences first mentioned in ''[[Death and Diplomacy (novel)|Death and Diplomacy]]''. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
''"Professor Summerfield, your very presence here has raised this hotel's insurance premiums by seven point two percent."'' | ''"[[Bernice Summerfield|Professor Summerfield]], your very presence here has raised this hotel's insurance premiums by seven point two percent."'' | ||
It is the year [[2595]]. [[Mars]], once the distant target of [[human]]ity's ambitions in space, has been colonised for five hundred years. To mark the anniversary, the planet's [[university]] is holding an academic conference. Naturally, esteemed expert on Martian archaeology | It is the year [[2595]]. [[Mars]], once the distant target of [[human]]ity's ambitions in space, has been colonised for five hundred years. To mark the anniversary, the planet's [[university]] is holding an academic conference. Naturally, esteemed expert on Martian archaeology Bernice Summerfield is invited to present a paper based on her long career in this field. | ||
But other matters distract Bernice from academia. Decades ago, [[Dalek|hostile aliens]] invaded Mars. At their moment of greatest need, Mars' human population was betrayed by its leader. And although the occupation was swiftly ended, the anger of those who fought to save Mars still runs deep. | But other matters distract Bernice from academia. Decades ago, [[Dalek|hostile aliens]] invaded Mars. At their moment of greatest need, Mars' human population was betrayed by its leader. And although the occupation was swiftly ended, the anger of those who fought to save Mars still runs deep. | ||
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* [[Bernice Summerfield]] | * [[Bernice Summerfield]] | ||
* [[Jason Kane]] | * [[Jason Kane]] | ||
*Seez | * Seez | ||
*Soaz | * Soaz | ||
*[[Karina Tellassar|Professor Elizabeth K. Trinity/Karina Tellassar]] | * [[Karina Tellassar|Professor Elizabeth K. Trinity/Karina Tellassar]] | ||
* [[Megali Scoblow|Professor Megali Scoblow]] | * [[Megali Scoblow|Professor Megali Scoblow]] | ||
* [[Isaac Deniken]] | * [[Isaac Deniken]] | ||
* [[Gerald Makhno]] | * [[Gerald Makhno]] | ||
* [[Phillip York]] | * [[Phillip York]] | ||
*[[Christina York]] | * [[Christina York]] | ||
*CATCH | * CATCH | ||
* [[Saldaamir]] | * [[Saldaamir]] | ||
*General Keele | * General Keele | ||
*Ellias Cromwell | * Ellias Cromwell | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
